Dead snake! A strategy for survival: Thanatosis in some Panamanian snakes with a review of death-feigning in American snakes

Autor:	Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Melquiades Villarreal Castillo, Edmundo Belton, Eduardo Zambrano, Abel Batista, Rogemif Fuentes Magallón
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Oxyrhopus petolarius Zoology General Medicine Biology Amastridium biology.organism_classification Ninia Pseudoboa neuwiedii Erythrolamprus
Zdroj:	Reptiles & Amphibians. 28:389-396
ISSN:	2332-4961 2330-3956
DOI:	10.17161/randa.v28i3.15753
Popis:	Thanatosis (pretending to be dead), sometimes called letisimulation, is widely used as an anti-predator strategy by snakes. Herein we report six cases of death-feigning in six species of Panamanian snakes (Dark-headed Red Falseboa, Pseudoboa neuwiedii; Double-banded False Coralsnake, Erythrolamprus bizona; Forest Flamesnake, Oxyrhopus petolarius; Rufous-headed Snake, Amastridium veliferum; Colombian Long-tailed Snake, Enuliophis sclateri; and Pacific Banded Coffee Snake, Ninia maculata). We also present a literature review of thanatosis in American snakes and discuss the terminology associated with this behavior.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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